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Let's Encrypt is a Certificate Authority that lets you acquire an SSL certificate. For systems with shell access, it is recommended to install Certbot, an application that uses the ACME protocol. Certbot is packaged for many common operating systems and web servers....
Running a website where you have multiple content creators can be quite challenging, especially when you have to change a particular aspect of their account. Such as if they forget their password or stop creating content, so you remove them. No matter the reason, WordPress...
This guide covers the steps to create a custom 404 error page for your Joomla! installation. You might want to do this, so the error page has useful site information. This Guide will send a 200 HTTP code to browsers instead of a 404 (since we are creating a page for browsers...
When you have a website, you want to bring in as much traffic as possible, but sometimes, you find a few bad actors out there that don't necessarily have the best of intentions. In times like these, you have the option to protect your site by blocking individuals who you...
Using log files is critical to monitoring the Operating System and troubleshooting any problems. CentOS 7 has a built-in syslog that is used to build your log files. What Logs Does Syslog Generate? /var/log: The directory that you can find any logs generated by the syslog in...
If your site has multiple content writers or editors, you may want them to have separate accounts. This way, you can track the changes that each one of them makes. When Installing WordPress, it will only install with one user created by default. This would be the...
Managing a site sometimes requires a post or page to be moved or trashed. In this case, there are a few redirects you can do to keep your pages from showing the dreaded 404. The main way for permanent redirect is with a 301. If the redirect is just temporary, you can use a...
How To Edit A Post In WordPress To edit a post within WordPress, you will already need to have a post or posts created within your WordPress website. To see if you have posted, click on the Posts tab within your WordPress admin menu bar, typically found on the left-hand side...
Normally, when you write a post for your WordPress, you will want to add some images or other media types. Media can be used to attract more visitors to the article, as well as keep it interesting. These can also be used to help convey a procedure or way to do something....
With the help of the McMyAdmin 2 panel, you can easily manage and configure your server. In particular, you can create certain rules, environments, and worlds that wildly differ from the standard Minecraft gameplay found in a single-player game. Since there are so many...
While the McMyAdmin 2 panel is very clean and very easy to navigate there are many ways you can manage and configure your server. You can create rules, and environments that wildly differ from the standard Minecraft gameplay found in a single player. We're going to help by...
cPanel has many tools to help you track the various statistics of your website and its traffic. Webalizer is a program installed with cPanel that displays traffic statistics. For more information about Webalizer, you can view our cPanel Webalizer Metrics guide or visit their...
One of the key parts of using a server for hosting or storage is quickly and easily transferring your data between the server and your local computer. The best way to accomplish this is using File Transfer Protocol (FTP). This guide will show you how to configure FTP for...
When installing plugins or looking at themes for your WordPress installation, you may come across some themes that require a certain version of WordPress. This is because the plugin or theme will reference something that may be only provided by that version. You may also...
WordPress uses themes to change your site's overall look and layout, and there are quite literally thousands of free themes available for you to use online. Most themes will offer a demo site so you can see how it all looks in action before you install it on your site....
One of the most appealing things with McMyAdmin is how quick and intuitive it can be to get a Minecraft server started. Logging Into Your McMyAdmin Panel Upon completion of the purchase and installation of the Minecraft VPS, you should receive an email with all of the login...